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Why bitcoin couldn't hold $70,000 despite its best week of Wall Street news in months

Institutional interest continues to grow, but a stronger dollar and shifting interest rate expectations are keeping a lid on the latest rally.

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Opinion

Managing financial AI agents is the only skill you’ll need to survive the AI layoffs

To stay in the game, rather than try to outlearn every new release, learn how to use AI to strengthen your finances and build a buffer against industry disruption, says Naja.

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Markets

BlackRock private credit fund is latest to crack, hitting crypto prices and DeFi markets

Stress in the $3.5 trillion private credit market could ripple into digital assets through both macro contagion and tokenized credit markets, experts warn.

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Markets

Bitcoin buyers are cashing out fast after short-lived jump to $74,000

The sharp move higher triggered heavy profit-taking from short-term holders, data shows.

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Policy

Binance tells Senate probe no accounts sent crypto directly to Iran

Crypto exchange pushed back on $1.7 billion Iran-linked flow allegations and called media reports behind the probe “defamatory.”

Richard Teng, CEO, Binance. (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Markets

'No deal with Iran': Trump demands unconditional surrender, sending oil surging, bitcoin and stocks lower

The outlook for the Fed grew cloudier on Friday, as the employment market weakened appreciably even as inflation could be worsening.

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CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 performance update: Aave drops 4.3% as all index constituents trade lower

Solana (SOL), down 3.1% since Thursday, joined Aave (AAVE) as an underperformer.

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Markets

U.S. unexpectedly lost 92,000 jobs in February, unemployment rate rose to 4.4%

Bitcoin remained under pressure even as the data likely puts back in play the chances of Fed rate cuts in the first half of 2026.

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Finance

Kazakhstan central bank to invest $350 million worth of gold, forex reserves into digital assets

The central bank plans to invest in crypto infrastructure firms, tech stocks and funds tied to digital assets.

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Finance

Strike secures New York BitLicense, opening bitcoin financial services to state residents

NYDFS approval allows the Bitcoin payments company to offer trading, bill pay and custody products across New York.

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Markets

Bitcoin extends decline from $74,000, derivatives data point to cautious positioning

BTC traded just above $70,000 as Middle East tensions drove oil higher and traders reassessed inflation in advance of the U.S. jobs report due later Friday.

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Finance

Bank of Canada, country’s largest banks complete first tokenized bond trial

Project Samara will continue to test issuing, trading and settling bonds using digital Canadian dollars on a distributed ledger.

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Markets

Bitcoin drops toward $70,000 ahead of U.S. jobs data; oil price rises on Iran war

Investors are turning more defensive as geopolitical tensions rise and key U.S. labor market data approaches.

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Policy

Dubai crypto regulator says KuCoin exchange is operating without proper license and must stop

The VARA alert comes just a couple of weeks after Austria's financial regulator prohibited the European arm of KuCoin from conducting new business.

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Markets

Vancouver mayor's bitcoin investment proposal blocked by city, provincial law

Officials say the Vancouver Charter limits city reserves to government debt, bank instruments and other traditional assets.

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